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My friend, AC Ivory, has redesigned his website. Following is his news release, sent out today. A FRESH LOOK FOR A NEW YEAR Find My Ancestor Has Received a Makeover January 2, 2011 – Taylorsville, UT. Find My Ancestor has Continue reading Find My Ancestor Receives a Makeover
On the 16th of December, Ancestry.com posted the Maine Vital Records from data found at the Maine State Archives. The records themselves are transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths that took place statewide. They are digitzed, and indexed. These are Continue reading New Online Maine Vital Records Databases
Descendants of two people buried in Richmond County [NC] in the late 1800s are being sought so the landowner can relocate their graves. Riley Paving is soliciting relatives of the occupants of two graves about a quarter mile up Glider Continue reading Looking for Descendants of James (d 1899) & Nancy Hughes (d 1882) of Richmond County, North Carolina
A small group of board members and volunteers are working to preserve a collection of photographs and eclectic artifacts at the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum in Cathlamet. The museum’s board of directors has spent reserves to keep the doors Continue reading Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum in Cathlamet, Washington Could Use Help
The Burlington Liars Club, which began in 1929 as a lighthearted way to honor the creativity and humor of good exaggeration, said it received almost 500 entries this year. … The runners-up include this line from Ellen Everts of New Continue reading “If I Bought a Cemetery, People Would Stop Dying”
About two dozen grave markers were vandalized or damaged at historic St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery [Norfolk, Virginia] sometime late Friday or early Saturday, the cemetery’s caretaker said. At least two markers were broken in the incident, James Fitzpatrick, a member Continue reading Cemetery Vandalism at Historic St. Mary’s Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia
The following excerpt is from a family history success story by Gemma Fraser, published in the December 31, 2010 edition of the Edinburgh Evening News. THE closest surviving relatives of a soldier killed in a bomb blast in France more Continue reading Relatives of Fallen Scots WWI Soldier Found
Posted at: 12/31/2010 9:01 AM By: Governor’s Office Billy the Kid is not dead. He was shot through the chest on the night of July 14, 1881 by one of the most famous lawmen of the American Old West. His Continue reading Richardson’s Statement About His Non-Pardon of Billy the Kid
A number of pipes – the tobacco-smoking kind, have been found in Jamestown, Virginia. And they seem to be inscribed with names of people… The following excerpt is from an AP article by Michael Felderbaum, and posted on the Yahoo Continue reading Jamestown Pipes Found – With Names on Them!
I just ran across a most interesting “top ten” list. It’s a list of technologies that the Angela Mulholland, with CTV.ca News, figures are on their way out. I’ll post just the list – with a few comments of my Continue reading 10 Technologies about to be consigned to the rubbish heap of time…
RootsTech is fast approaching and many of us are really, really, looking forward to it! The following news release about the keynote speakers was just received from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch. Remember that Early Bird Registration ends at midnight January Continue reading RootsTech 2011 Announces Lineup of Keynote Speakers
Do you have ancestry that stems from the Allen County, Indiana area? If so, the History Center Digital Collections, sponsored by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society will be of interest to you. Thus far, 571 items have been digitized Continue reading The Allen County – Fort Wayne Historical Society “History Center Digital Collections”
Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the inspiration behind the now-iconic Rose the Riveter WWII poster, has died at age 86 in Michigan. The poster of a young woman in a factory uniform and red polka dot head kerchief, her arm flexed to Continue reading Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the Face of Rosie the Riveter, Passes at 86
Noting that additional data had been added to the the Germany Vital Records databases at FamilySearch.org in the last two days, I spent a few minutes checking them out, thinking that there wasn’t much possibility that I’d find MY ancestors Continue reading The German Vital Records Databases at FamilySearch.org Continue to Grow
Ancestry.com just posted the “Indenture of Apprenticeship Recorded in the Orphans Court, Washington County, District of Columbia, 1801-1811.” It’s a hand-written digitized volume (originally from microfilm M2011), with the index preceding the indentures. You can browse the index or use Continue reading Washington D.C. Apprenticeship Records 1801-1811 Digitized & Posted at Ancestry.com